Registered charity (CIO) · Lincoln
Lincolnshire Rural & Agricultural Chaplaincy
- 9 trustees
- Income £166k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Meryl Suzanne Ward MBEChair · since 2021
- Charlotte PowellTrustee · since 2025
- Jane HilesTrustee · since 2021
- John William Lockwood MBETrustee · since 2021
- Rev Andrew HawesTrustee · since 2021
- Rev IAN Brown OBETrustee · since 2021
- Sally-ANN RobinsonTrustee · since 2021
- Steve WardTrustee · since 2023
- The Venerable Gavin KirkTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Religious Activities and 1 more
- Where
- Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire
- Website
- www.lrac.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£166k£104k
- 2024£85k£14k
- 2023£59k£13k
Earlier years
- 2022£114k£9k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL HEALTH AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN RURAL GREATER LINCOLNSHIRE BY SUPPORTING AND SECURING THE CONTINUATION OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL CHAPLAINS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. THE CHARITY’S ACTIVITIES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS TO ENCOURAGE ITS BENEFICIARIES TO LIVE BY POSITIVE CHRISTIAN VALUES AND PRINCIPLES. THESE OBJECTS WILL BE ACHIEVED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: -3.1.1 MAKING GRANTS AND AWARDS TOWARDS COSTS OF MAINTAINING THE LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL CHAPLAINS;3.1.2 MAKING GRANTS AND AWARDS TOWARDS THE COSTS OF PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL CHAPLAINS; 3.1.3 PROMOTING AND INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF THE WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL CHAPLAINS3.1.4 ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN VALUES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ALL PERSONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF OTHER FAITHS AND NON, THROUGH PROVIDING THE RURAL COMMUNITY. WITH QUALIFIED, ACCREDITED PASTORAL AND SPIRITUAL RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF STRUGGLE, PAIN, LOSS AND DISTRESS, IN RECOGNITION OF THE KEY ROLE OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN OVERALL HUMAN HEALTH.
Grants received
1 grant · £2,340 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Lincolnshire Community Foundation · £2,340
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Meryl Suzanne Ward MBE Chair since 2021
- Charlotte Powell since 2025
- Jane Hiles since 2021
- John William Lockwood MBE since 2021
- Rev Andrew Hawes since 2021
- Rev IAN Brown OBE since 2021
- Sally-ANN Robinson since 2021
- Steve Ward since 2023
- The Venerable Gavin Kirk since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Charlotte Powell since 2025
- Jane Hiles since 2021
- Rev IAN Brown OBE since 2021
- Steve Ward since 2023
- The Venerable Gavin Kirk since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Meryl Suzanne Ward MBE Chair since 2021
- John William Lockwood MBE since 2021
- Rev Andrew Hawes since 2021
- Sally-ANN Robinson since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1195180
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Jul 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07368475454 · michael.pickles@lrac.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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